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co-organized the "G athering Together to Build a House for by the Hong Kong Church Renewal Movement from the
God" Program to provide refugees and asylum seekers with perspective of gender justice on November 22, 2010.
humanitarian aid, legal service and shelter. This Program has Pearl Report, a documentary program by TVB, interviewed
been serving the needy people for the fifth year. some of the group members and broadcast a program on the
ix. Environmental Ministry situation of female ministers and pastors in Hong Kong. The
group organized a sharing meeting on March 20 to watch and
Christians for Eco-Concerns (CEC), which is a group
discuss the program with the participants.
supported by the Committee, submitted its views on the "Public
S om e o f the group m em bers attended and presented
consultation on climate change strategy and action agenda"
papers in Gender/Sexual Politics in Hong Kong organized by
released by Environmental Protection Department.
Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese
After the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, the group
University of Hong Kong on April 15-17, 2011.
co-organized a seminar with some Christian NGOs to reflect on
In order to enhance the church to respond to the need of
the nuclear risk we are facing in the modern society of
pastoral care of special communities in the church from the
technology and ideology of economic growth.
perspective of gender justice, the group organized a series of
B. Ecumenical Leadership Formation Program seminars in the second half of year 2011. The first one of the
series is about the reflection of pastoral work to families that
Thanks to the financial support provided by CWM/Nethersole
take care of a family member with breast cancer on July 31.
Fund, the Committee launched the Ecumenical Leadership
Formation Program with Ms. Leung Wai-man as the staff for the ii. Youth Ministry
project. T his year the group visited pastors and m inisters who
i. Ecumenical Summer Institute are in charge of youth ministry of several different
denominations to share and exchange views.
This year 3 university C hristian youths and 5 theology
The group also co-organized a seminar with Hong Kong
students joined the program. The intern who joined the Council
Christian Institute on the issue of ecological justice and youth on
was Ms. Samantha Chow. The Council also published a book to
September 15, 2010.
review the program as well as to introduce the program to the
churches. D. Special Sundays
HKCC would like to thank the Am erican Baptist Mission,
During the past year the Committee promoted material for 4
The Methodist Church Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Council
special Sundays.
of the Church of Christ in China for their financial support.
Social Concern Sunday was observed on March 13, 2011.
ii. “To be a Candle-light” Training Program
The material focused on Fair Trade and was prepared by
A number of Christians from different churches joined the CEDAR Fund.
program, which started from March 2010. The theme this year Labor Sunday was observed on May 1, 2011. The material
was Diasporas which included asylum seekers, migrant was prepared by Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee.
workers and ethnic minority groups. Upon completion of 6 Environment Sunday was observed on June 5, 2011 under
months of training sessions, participants made plans for the theme “Eco-Community - Caring for God’s Creation”. The
fellowship meetings on the above topics and held meetings in material was prepared by the group Christians for
other participants' fellowship groups. Eco-Concerns.
Hong Kong Sunday was celebrated on July 3, 2011. The
sermon outline and prayer were prepared by Ms. Davy Wong.
C. Gender Justice and Youth Ministry

i. Gender Justice
The group organized a sharing session to respond to
research on the situation of female church ministers carried out

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